CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
MAY 4, 2015
The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 4th day of May at 5:00 p.m., in a regular session at Crowley, Louisiana, with President presiding Mr. Douglas J. LaCombe. Members present were, Mr. Delo Hebert, Mr. Milton Simar, Mr. Gene Daigle, Reverend James Proctor, Mr. James Higginbotham, Mr. David Lalande, and Secretary-Treasurer, and Superintendent John E. Bourque. Mr. John Suire, absent.
2) Reverend Proctor led the prayer.
3) Mr. Hebert led the pledge of allegiance.
4) Consider approved of the revised agenda, if there are any changes.
No Changes
5) Read and approve minutes of the April 20, 2015 board meeting.
Reading of the minutes of the April 20, 2015 board meeting were dispensed (copies of minutes were sent to member prior to this meeting) and upon motion by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, minutes of the April 20, 2015 board meeting were approved.
6) Receive comments from Keith Latiolais.
Mr. Keith Latiolais, Chief Deputy, Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Dept., addressed the board. He mentioned that he has been in law for 35 years and thanked the board for the opportunity to address them. He mentioned that he would be running for sheriff in the upcoming election and looked forward to continue to working with the school board and schools.
7) Receive presentations regarding Leader In Me.
Leda McDowel introduced the students from Central Rayne Kindergarten and each student shared their notebook. Central Rayne Kindergarten was one of 4 schools in Louisiana to receive the Lighthouse Award. Mr. Bourque encouraged everyone to visit Central Rayne Kindergarten and commended them on an amazing job they do. Mr. Lalande emphasized how proud he was of the students.
8) Recognize the parish Accelerated Readers in K-5, 6-8, 9-12.
Dana Leger presented awards to the top readers which were Arma Doucet, Richard Elementary, Owen Lejeune, Egan Elementary, and Blaze Lopez, Iota High. The board congratulated the students.
9) Recognize LHSAA Boys Class B Basketball State Champions Runner Up, Midland High School.
Mr. Duplechin introduced the Midland High Basketball Coaches, Stanley and Gautreaux. and Principal, Mr. Briley. Coach Stanley introduced the players and thanked the board, staff, parents, and fans for their help and support.
10) Recognize the AA Power Lifting State Champions, Church Point High.
Mr. Duplechin introduced the Church Point High coaches, Bergeron and Arceneaux. Coach Bergeron introduced the team and thanked the board for their support. He mentioned they were three times champions in Division 3.
11) Recognize Iota High School’s FFA State Level FFA winners.
Mr. Duplechin introduced Jude SIttig, Ag teacher, Iota High. Mr. Sittig introduced the FFA team and thanked the board for allowing them to be recognized. Mr. Daigle mentioned that if we send students to the Literary Rally we should also recognize those students as well.
ACTION ITEMS: NONE
ROUTINE ITEMS:
1) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding accepting a donation of two temporary buildings from First Lutheran Church of Lafayette.
Upon motion by Mr. Hebert, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved accepting a donation of two temporary buildings from First Lutheran Church of Lafayette including provisions to relocate them to Acadia Parish.
2) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding revenue for the 2015-2016 General Fund Budget.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board acknowledged the receipt of a revenue report in preparation of the 2015-2016 General Fund Budget.
3) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding bid #257 Sl, paper and cleaning supplies and bid #256 SL, small equipment for the Child Nutrition Program.
Upon motion by Rev. Proctor, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved bids received for Child Nutrition program for paper and cleaning supplies and small equipment.
4) Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding declaring the old band uniforms of Iota High school as surplus property and permitting the school to dispose of the old uniforms in an equitable and appropriate manner wherein the proceeds accrue to the Iota High’s band account.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved permitting Iota High school to declare old band uniforms as surplus property and to dispose of the uniforms in an equitable and appropriate manner, wherein the proceeds accrue to the Iota High’s band account.
5) Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding granting permission to improve the bus by procuring up to four new buses for the 2015-2016 school session.
Upon motion by Rev. Proctor, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved granting permission to improve the bus fleet by procuring up to four new buses for the 2015-2016 school session.
6) Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding contract renewal for student transportation management.
Upon motion by Mr. Lalande, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board recommended approving a renewal contract for 3 years for student transportation management.
At this time a substitute motion was made by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved bringing this item back to committee.
7) Consider receiving an update on a parcel of old WalMart property.
Dr. Chance updated the board that no bids were received for the parcel of old WalMart property and asked permission of the board to re-advertise for bids. Upon motion by Mr. Lalande, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved granting permission to re-advertise for parcel of old WalMart property.
8) Consider dates for next committee and board meetings.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, committee meetings will be May 13, 2015 and the board meeting will be June 1, 2015.
9) Correspondence.
Board members were given correspondence regarding Project Front Yard in Schools from OneAcadia.
DISCUSSION ITEMS: NONE
CONSENT ITEMS:
Upon motion by Mr. Simar seconded by Mr. Higginbotham and carried by a unanimous voice vote, Items Consent Items 1-3 were taken in globo.
1) Receive assignments and changes of professional employees.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved assignments and changes of professional employees.
2) Receive retirement notification of employees.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, retirement notification of employees was approved.
3) Receive Sales Tax Report.
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hebert and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board received the sales tax report which showed a year to date increase of 1.00%.
SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS:
Mr. Bourque mentioned that the Leader In Me program students pictures were worth 1,000 words. He mentioned how proud he was of the students, schools, faculty and staff. He mentioned that academics and athletics go hand in hand and that was proof tonight. He said the Literary Rally is a good thing and we do need to recognize those students that attend. He mentioned that it was Teacher Appreciation Week and to please thank a teacher.
There being no other business to come before the Board, upon motion by Mr. Hebert, seconded by Mr. Daigle and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 6:24 p.m.
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Douglas J. LaCombe, President
ATTEST:
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John E. Bourque, Superintendent